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Our 60 acre property had no buildings whatsoever on it when we purchased it. The first building we put up was our house. Sheila thought it was kind of important that we get that done first! But we also need a building … Continued

It is sweltering hot outside but I am bundled up inside, shivering with cold. Since Monday I have been experiencing flu-like symptoms such as fever, body aches and general weakness. But unlike a normal bout of the flu, these … Continued

To those who don’t want to see travel photos on a farm blog, please accept my apologies and skip this one. But we are enjoying St. John’s, Newfoundland, and I wanted to share a few photos for those interested. We … Continued

We are taking a little break from the farm and today flew to St. John’s, Newfoundland, courtesy of our WestJet miles that have been accumulating during the past year of house construction and farm development. We plan to spend four days in and … Continued

We were very interested to learn this past week that Google Maps has used newer satellite photos for our area and that some of the changes which took place on our land show up! You don’t need to … Continued

A realtor had mentioned to us that one reason our property had sat on the market for years without selling was that people were worried that it had no water supply. However, in an earlier post (see Farm Water), I reported that not only … Continued

After the near disaster in August during the burning of two brush piles (see Fire!), we still had four piles left to burn. Our August experience suggested that we wait to burn the remaining ones until the arrival of cooler, wetter weather and … Continued

We received a bonus from the forest today. We had heard about people eating wild mushrooms and fungi but never tried it ourselves. But when we saw a number of beautiful white giant puffballs (calvatia gigantea) on our property over … Continued

Today’s post will be a lesson in the form of a tale designed to remind us how not to spend quality time with our neighbours. I had agreed with our contractor’s suggestion that I take responsibility for burning the big brush piles (dried … Continued

Our land was not advertised as view property by the realtor and that is not primarily what we were looking for. But we did see some ‘peek a boo’ views of the lake from a few spots, especially in the … Continued